Endorsement from ToI

IN Media Watch Briefs | 09/09/2015

If ET Now is indeed beating CNBC TV18 in the English business news viewership segment it doesn't really need a puff job from the group's dailies does it? But on September 9 ToI saw fit to carry a three column top-of-the-page story on how brilliantly the channel was doing in the NCCS AB Males 22+ segment. "When it matters the most, viewers have always turned to ET NOW for the most credible and commendable perspective of the financial markets." News reporting or endorsement?

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.